Rahall opposes surface funding status quo

To save the Highway Trust Fund, lawmakers can’t “lock in the status quo for the next six years,” Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W. Va., said during the Rally for Roads event Wednesday in Washington, D.C.
The current transportation bill in the Senate maintains funding for transportation at current levels, and this action, Rahall said, is not enough to rejuvenate the HTF.
“We must think bigger to truly get America back on the road to prosperity,” he said at the rally. “We can continue to lead the worldwide economy and win the future, but we must be willing to at least invest as much in ourselves as our competitors are investing in their own futures.”
He added that the current proposal is “better than nothing,” but that changes should be made.
“We need to be investing well above the current insufficient investment levels, or our nation is going to be stuck treading water,” he said. “A nation just trying to stay afloat isn’t going to be in a position to compete in the global economy against other countries that are rapidly increasing their infrastructure investment.”